Saint Michael, showing Northern Commercial Co. facility and sternwheel steamers OIL CITY and SEATTLE NO. 3, ca. 1904

• Main Author: Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1904
• Subjects: Stern wheelers > Alaska > Saint Michael; Steamboats > Alaska > Saint Michael; Northern Commercial Company; Freght and freightage > Alaska > Saint Michael; Norton Sound; St Michael; Yukon; eskimo*; Kuskokwim; Yukon river; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/nowell/id/180

Caption on image: Northern Commercial Co.'s Plant, St. Michael, Alaska, Sept. 1908. F.H. Nowell, 6037 St. Michael is located on the east coast of St. Michael Island in Norton Sound, 43 miles southwest of Unalakleet, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. A Russian stockaded post was established here in 1833. The population of 109 in 1880 was predominantly Eskimo. The St. Michael post office and an American military post were established in 1897 following the Klondike gold strike. Most of the increased Yukon River traffic at that time originated at St. Michael. (pg. 827) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967) To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction/reproduction Please cite the Order Number